Medical ethics

This article is a literature review in which examines the ethics of assisted suicide and nursing ethics. Assessed suicide is defined in this article is defined differently than euthanasia, assisted suicide is done only on the will of the patient as the patient must be able to take his or her own life. A nurses role then is supportive…

Quaghebeur and the others aimed to examine the argument by reviewing argument-based ethics literature (2009). Their review took place in four steps; focused questions, research based on those questions, then evaluation the ethical arguments of euthanasia, and finally the conclusion and results. The team also looked into how euthanasia relates to four principals of medical ethics. The principals included respect for autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice (Quaghebeur,…

diminished," then it is ethical to allow that person to choose to end their life ("Euthanasia and assisted suicide - Arguments"). When a terminal illness threatens an individual's quality of life, they may feel their life is not worth living, and medical professionals should approach patients with compassion and respect should they wish to instead die with dignity rather than at the mercy of their illness (Chand). Many believe that the "only humane choice is to allow individuals who are…

requiring a parent or legal guardian to consent on their behalf. (LAW AND ETHICS BOOKpg99-100) Due to the nature of this scenario the decision is what Jess’ parents decide is the best treatment option. This is because according the Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Act 1995 part 1 section 3 ai indicates that a person must be over the age of 16 years to be able to decide freely for themselves to undergo medical treatment or not.…

An advance directive is a set of instructions, either verbal or written, that people create to describe how they want their medical care to be carried out in the event they become incompetent or incapacitated. Living wills and durable power of attorney are two examples of an advance directive. A living will is a legal document that a person creates to designate how they will be taken care in the event of a terminal illness, especially during the final stages of that terminal illness. The…

James Rachels and J Gay-Williams are firm believers that euthanasia is immoral and unethical under all circumstances. They understand why others disagree, but when it comes down to whether it is right or wrong, they believe that euthanasia, of any kind, is murder. This raises several agonizing moral dilemmas. Euthanasia is derived from the Greek word euthanatos, which means easy death. Essentially, this is deliberately ending someone’s life to relieve pain and suffering. There are two forms of…

states interest in the protecting the human lives yields to the patients right to refuse medical treatment. In re Quinlan case has made a significant impact and influenced United States law by providing the framework for deciding difficult and controversial legal issues that continue to appear modern medicine advances. Almost every decision since this case has recognized the patients right to refuse medical treatment. This case has also made it clear that when a patient has no autonomy, the…

and opposition to prolonging life by using sophisticated medical technology when it is recognized that care is futile. Closely related to self-determination is the principle of autonomy. This principle states that persons should have the right to make their own decisions about the course of their own lives whenever they can. By extension, they should also have the right to determine the course of their own dying as much as possible. The ethics of physician assisted suicide (PAS) continue to be…

medsurgnursing.net/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MSNJournal.woa Houck, D. (2014). Helping nurses cope with grief and compassion fatigue: An educational intervention. Clinical journal of oncology nursing, 18(4), 454-458. doi:10.1188/14.CJON.454-458 Lachman, V. D. (2016). Ethics, law, and policy. Compassion fatigue as a threat to ethical practice: Identification, personal and workplace prevention/management strategies. MEDSURG Nursing, 25(4), 275-27.…

While most students agree that it is up to the patient to maintain a somewhat healthy lifestyle that negates the needs of surgery in the first place, if by chance they do require medical procedures, most students believe that the individual doctors themselves do not preserve the right to deny them that option. Students F, I and J even mention the Hippocratic Oath to emphasize the fact that doctors have a duty to their patients and…